Travel Reference
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Seurat has “built” the scene dot by dot, like a newspaper photo, using small points of
different, bright colors. Only at a distance do the individual brushstrokes blend. Impres-
sionism is all about color. Even people's shadows are not dingy black, but warm blues,
greens, and purples.
• In Room 45, you'll see...
Van Gogh—
Sunlowers
(1888)
In military terms, Van Gogh was the point man of his culture. He went ahead of his cohorts,
explored the unknown, and caught a bullet young. He added emotion to Impressionism, in-
fusing his love of life even into inanimate objects. These sunflowers, painted with charac-
teristic swirling brushstrokes, shimmer and writhe in either agony or ecstasy—depending
on your own mood.
